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Flying Big Ivy with Southwings.org

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Big Ivy forest threatened by logging

Southwings.org pilot Frank Bell flew me with Adel Alamo to photograph the Big Ivey forest, which is threatened by logging. Tomorrow I will post a movie of those aerial images. Friends of Big Ivy are working to protect this pristine old-growth forest, a beloved stunning vista viewed from Craggy Pinnacle on the Blue Ridge Parkway, […]
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Collapsed bank revegetation project

In the October 2015 flood, Mary Edna’s steep creekside bank experienced an erosion event which brought down a large water oak (Quercus nigra) leaving a root mound and creating a mud flat below the yard. Instead of employing a hard structure, Celie Dailey–a landscaper, gardener, and native plant enthusiast who works with botanist Richard Porcher–researched […]
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